Paper clip



March 28, 1939.

. J. D. MELEHES 2,152,075

PAPER CLIP Original Filed May 26, 1937 Inventor dMa/e/ww 2mm M 5m Attorneys Patented Mar. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES OFFICE PAT Application May 26, 1937, Serial No. 1%,933 Renewed December 31, 1938 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a paper clip, the general object of the invention being to provide an inexpensive clip which is shaped to produce an openwork five-pointed star, so that the clip can be readily placed in position on the paper, as it can be applied to the paper without adjusting it from the' position in which it is picked up.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination 10 and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing which shows a plan view of the device.

As shown in this drawing, the clip is formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a top V shaped jaw, the legs of which are shown at l, 20 and a terminal leg I, and also to form a lower V shaped jaw, the legs of which are shown at 2, and this lower jaw has a terminal leg 2'. The upper jaw extends at substantially right angles across the lower jaw, and. one limb or leg of one jaw is connected to a limb: or leg of the other jaw, the legs I and 2 being connected to the opposite legs of the jaws. The legs I and 2 are substantially in alignment, with their inner portions overlapping and their extremities bent, 30 as shown, with the bent end I" of the leg l abutting an intermediate portion of a leg or the jaw I, and the bent end 2" of the leg 2' abutting a leg of the jaw 2.

Thus the wire forms an openwork five-pointed star and the paper can be pushed into the clip from five directions, that is, at the five points where the three legs of the upper portion pass over the three legs of the lower portion. This 5 permits the clip to be placed in contact with the paper or other material in the position in which i it is picked up, and it is not necessary to turn the clip to any certain position, as is necessary with the clips as. now made.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A clip comprising a single piece of resilient wire bent upon itself into the form of a five pointed star and. including a pair of opposed V-shaped jaws disposed crossed relation and each including a pair of legs, one leg of. each jaw terminating in an acute angled extension crossing one leg of the other jaw and having an angular end juxtaposed to the other leg of its related jaw parallel with said other leg and intermediate the ends of the later.

J GEN D. NIELEHES. 

